Context Menu

After an Appointment has been right-clicked, the appointment context menu is invoked. The Show Time As and Label As items are used to alter an appointment. They allow changing the basic visual characteristics of an appointment - status and label.

Change the appointment status

Change the appointment label

Edit Appointment and Appointment Recurrence Dialogs

Edit a Simple Appointment

End-users can edit properties of a simple (non-recurring) appointment via the Edit Appointment dialog that can be invoked via the appointment context menu, Bar and Ribbon UI, keyboard shortcuts and mouse operations.

Context Menu

Bar UI

Ribbon UI

Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Operations

Invoked Edit Appointment Dialog

Double-click the appointment to be edited.

or -

Select an appointment, and then press ENTER or CTRL-O.

Edit a Particular Occurrence in a Series

The same dialog is used to edit a particular occurrence in the series of recurring appointments. If an end-user selects a recurring appointment, and clicks Open in the appointment context menu or the Open Occurrence button on the Actiontoolbar or Ribbon page group, the Edit Appointment dialog is invoked to allow editing the current appointment only, but not its entire series.

Context Menu

Bar UI

Ribbon UI

Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Operations

Invoked Edit Appointment Dialog

Double-click an appointment to be edited.

or -

Select an appointment, and then press ENTER or CTRL-O.

Edit a Series of Recurring Appointments

To edit an entire series of recurring appointments (a pattern appointment), it's necessary to select a recurring appointment, and click Edit Series in the appointment context menu or select the Open Series item from the Open drop-down list on the Actionstoolbar or Ribbon page group. In this instance, the Edit Appointment dialog is shown with a different window icon. Time fields are inaccessible.

Context Menu

Bar UI

Ribbon UI

Invoked Edit Appointment Dialog

The recurrence pattern can be edited via the Appointment Recurrence dialog. End-users can invoke it by clicking the Recurrence button of the Edit Appointment dialog, or using the Recurrence button on the Optionstoolbar or Ribbon page group.

The Edit Appointment Dialog

Bar UI

Ribbon UI

Invoked Appointment Recurrence Dialog

In-place Editing

A single mouse click within an appointment, or pressing F2, invokes the in-place editor, which can be used to edit the selected appointment's Subject.